Since 2012, the Â鶹´«Ã½ has been conducting a cycle of evaluation surveys designed to generate insight into the experiences, achievements, and difficulties of our alumni. Respondents to the surveys are drawn from all of the Â鶹´«Ã½-administered scholarship schemes, over 60 disciplinary fields, 50 Commonwealth countries, and as far back as 1963. The cycle is now 60% complete; the remaining 40% of alumni will be surveyed in 2015.
This report presents an interim analysis of survey findings with the intention of laying the groundwork for a full report in 2016. Data has been analysed and formulated into four areas:
- Individual capacity
- Networks and collaboration
- Impact in developmentally-relevant sectors
- Attribution and the counterfactual.
Methodological issues in research design and data interpretation have also been highlighted by the survey analysis and these, alongside indications of future directions for Â鶹´«Ã½ evaluation, have been examined in the report.
Several methodological recommendations for the future design of the Â鶹´«Ã½ evaluation programme have emerged from the analysis.
UPDATE: The full report, Successes and complexities: the outcomes of UK Commonwealth Scholarships 1960-2012, was published in April 2016.